Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
Hazy Life
Nippon Cinema ª
HAZY LIFE is a wonderful little charming film about two hopeless boys who meet in front of an arcade somewhere in Osaka. Both are unemployed and without plans for their future. They become friends and hang out together. They dream of a different life, but they do not change anything. Nobuhiro YAMASHITA's low-budget film is one of the most interesting films of the last year. With little effort and two terrific leading actors (Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Teppei UDA) he creates a gripping atmosphere that has never been seen in any slacker film before.
Guests:
山下敦弘
どんてん生活
Donten seikatsu
日本 1999
84 分
海外セールス
Midnight Child Theater
キャスト
山本浩司, Teppei UDA, Riran KO, Hiromichi MAEDA, Maki IMAEDA
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.